Today in the News: FBI rescues 105 child prostitutes

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Posted Jul. 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jul 29, 2013 at 7:06 AM

Posted Jul. 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jul 29, 2013 at 7:06 AM

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The FBI said today that they have rescued 105 children forced into prostitution and arrested 150 people involved in the prostitution ring. The arrests and rescues took place in 76 cities over the past three days. The child prostitutes were between 13 and 17 years old, FBI officials said.

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"I have no trust in him.I can't see myself going to visit him (in prison) and giving him the opportunity to face me and lie to me again." - Anthony Castro, talking to NBC’s “Today” show about his father, Ariel Castro, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and holding captive three women at his Cleveland house. Ariel Castro will be sentenced Thursday after he agreed to a plea deal that likely will see him get life in prison.